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Pilot medical history event. Rotary winged pilot allows first class medical certificate to expire while still performing active EMS flts.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 260549 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199312 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Bell Helicopter Textron Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 260549 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I flew 8 emergency rescue helicopter flts without a valid class ii medical during the month of dec/93 for a hospital based emergency medical program. My previous class I medical was renewed on nov/xx/92. On jan/xx/94, while reading an aviation newsletter published by the local newspaper, I remembered that my class I had become a class III medical. I was able to schedule a flight physical for that afternoon. My employer is in chapter 11 bankruptcy, the person in charge of pilot records recently left the company, and the normal system to alert pilots of upcoming expiration dates is not being used. I have purchased a calendar program for my home computer, which will be configured to notify me well in advance of any future aviation deadline. Now that I have done this once, I won't let it happen again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT MEDICAL HISTORY EVENT. ROTARY WINGED PLT ALLOWS FIRST CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE TO EXPIRE WHILE STILL PERFORMING ACTIVE EMS FLTS.
Narrative: I FLEW 8 EMER RESCUE HELI FLTS WITHOUT A VALID CLASS II MEDICAL DURING THE MONTH OF DEC/93 FOR A HOSPITAL BASED EMER MEDICAL PROGRAM. MY PREVIOUS CLASS I MEDICAL WAS RENEWED ON NOV/XX/92. ON JAN/XX/94, WHILE READING AN AVIATION NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED BY THE LCL NEWSPAPER, I REMEMBERED THAT MY CLASS I HAD BECOME A CLASS III MEDICAL. I WAS ABLE TO SCHEDULE A FLT PHYSICAL FOR THAT AFTERNOON. MY EMPLOYER IS IN CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY, THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF PLT RECORDS RECENTLY LEFT THE COMPANY, AND THE NORMAL SYS TO ALERT PLTS OF UPCOMING EXPIRATION DATES IS NOT BEING USED. I HAVE PURCHASED A CALENDAR PROGRAM FOR MY HOME COMPUTER, WHICH WILL BE CONFIGURED TO NOTIFY ME WELL IN ADVANCE OF ANY FUTURE AVIATION DEADLINE. NOW THAT I HAVE DONE THIS ONCE, I WON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.